It happened on the
next day, when they had come down from the mountain, that a great
multitude met him. Behold, a man from the crowd
called out, saying, "Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is
my only child. Behold, a
spirit takes him, he suddenly cries out, and it convulses him so that he
foams, and it hardly departs from him, bruising him severely. I begged your disciples to cast
it out, and they couldn't."
Jesus answered, "Faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be
with you and bear with you? Bring your son here."While he was still
coming, the demon threw him down and convulsed him violently. But Jesus
rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the boy, and gave him back to his
father. They were all
astonished at the majesty of God.
But while all were marveling at all the things which Jesus did, he said
to his disciples, "Let these words sink into your ears, for the Son of Man
will be delivered up into the hands of men." But they didn't understand this
saying. It was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it, and
they were afraid to ask him about this saying.